Snow report Montafon, 03/20/2022

Snow condition

Much better than in other areas at the moment. There is already a lot of snow around the Lindauer Hütte. Only the southern sides are slowly becoming impassable up to over 2300m

Snow quality

10 m² of powder snow in the sheltered gully right at the base of the rock. Most of it is icy snow alternating with a few sections with good grip. Rather hard conditions. On the verge of sensible at the moment. You can get up with crampons and ice axe. You can also get down with locked bindings, but a fall would be very unfortunate at the moment. At the top on the north-east flank to the summit, slightly firny but still very hard. At the summit, the first 30 m up to the Sulzig steel cable is easy to ski

Be aware of the risk of falling on the north side. Even if there is no sun, conditions can be tough as it was very warm last week. And there has been no snow for 3 weeks. Be aware of the risk of avalanches on the east, south and west sides as the day warms up.

Overall impression

Powder is hard to find, even on the north side and steep. Now I would go in search of nice firn, of which there is also plenty right now. Snow conditions in the Montafon are ok and better than large parts of Tyrol or the Western Alps